Booker T. Washington in: Alfred Emanuel Smith, Francis Walton New Outlook, Volume 67, Outlook Publishing Company, 1901, p. 397
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No man, who continues to add something to the material, intellectual and moral well-being of the place in which he lives, is left long without proper reward.
— Booker T. Washington on Reward
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About Booker T. Washington
Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 – November 14, 1915) was an American political leader, educator and author of African ancestry, most famous for his tenure as President of Tuskegee University (1880–1915).
About Booker T. Washington
Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 – November 14, 1915) was an American political leader, educator and author of African ancestry, most famous for his tenure as President of Tuskegee University (1880–1915).
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